Markus Balduan's chess openings
FM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2215113 games
Markus Balduan, FIDE Master from Germany, has 113 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Markus Balduan most often opens with 1.c4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White61 games · +21 =25 −15 · 55%
As Black52 games · +12 =17 −23 · 39%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening74%45 games · scores 59% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense86%30 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game73%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense18%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense9%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c6
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